St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-03-16

heretofore published. The resignation of
Aid. Starkey as alderman of the Fifth ward
was read, and on motion of Aid. Dowlan
the council proceeded to fill the vacancy.
MesSrs. Dow Ian and OCOnnor were APP
pointed tellers. Mr.. Cullen wanted to vote
viva voce, as he had been misrepresented,
but it was decided that the vote must be by
ballot. Mr.. DOwlan nominated William
Hamm, and q ballot showed ten votes for
Mr.. Hamm and one blank.
The council then, on motion of Mr..
Long. proceeded to elect a president Mr..
Cullen stated that as the newspapers had
heralded him for a candidate he wished to
deny that he had been in the field Col.
Kerr thought as he had been mentioned it
was proper that some other gentleman pre-
side. and he called Aid. O'Connor to the
chair. The vote resulted in six votes for
Col. Kerr and three for Mr.. Dowlan and
the former was declared elected. Col.
Kerr took the chair and said he could but
feel grateful, particularly because it came
without any craftsmanship. His relations
with the council had been very kindly, and
his friendship extended to every member of
the body. He would endeavOr to make his
decisions impartially and asked the assist
ance of the aldermen in discharging his
duty.
The election of vice president was then
in order. MesSrs. Dowlan, Cullen and
Petsch were nominated but all declined to
be candidates. A vote resulted: Dowlan
6, Cullen 8, Petsch 2, and Mr. Dowlan was
declared elected.
ROUTINE BUSINESS.
A petition was received from residents of
that Quarter-petltion about ten feet long
that the horse-car line be extended from
East Seventh street along Bradley and Bed
ford streets and Payne avenue to Arlington
hills. Referred to the committee on streets.
The bond of w. p. Murray as corporation
attorney was approved, with Gen. Il. w.
johnson and Gen. II. II. Sibley as bonds
men.
The following improvements were Or
dered made: Opening, widening and eX-
tending Osceola avenue, from Chatsworth
to Lexington avenue; opening and extend
ing Minnehaha. from Como avenue to West
ern avenue; Paving Tenth and Rice streets.
from Cedar to Como avenue; grading Ross,
from Atlantic to Earl. and Fauquier, from
Earl to English; opening Hatch, from Arun-
del to Como avenue; opening, widening
and extending Arthur street; opening alley
thirty feet wide in block so, Rice q Irvine'S
addition: grading street next to river, from
Chestnut to James; grading Irvine avenue.
from Walnut to Western; also about thirty
streets i'll the new territory just south OF
East seventh street were ordered opened,
widened and extended.
BONDS AUTHORIZED.
The issue of the following bonds was
authorized at Az per cent:
Extending water works. $500, 900
Sewerage bonds. Observation-Disclosures. 100000
Extending fire department. .......... 100000
Refunding Indebtedness ......... 90. 100000
Hospital building. Observation-Disclosures. $4,000
Total. $3.50 900
The board OF public works submitted that
it had fixed the salary of the clerk at 81 800
for the ensuing year, which was approved,
also the allowance of $500 for horse and
buggy for the first assistant engineer, and
the following salaries for clerks to the
board of public works:
A. w. Martensen, $125 per month: Fl. ".
Farm ham, $S3.33 per month; Robert Erwin,
SS3.33 per month: d G. Jones, $50 per month !:
+. NJ. Plems, $50 per month; 7. n. Stillwel,
$50 per month.
The city engineer submitted the follow
ing schedule of salaries of employees in his
office, which were approved:
George L. Wilson, $166 per month; A.
Munster, $3.50 per month; ]. Loyden, 500 per
month.
William Crooks, w. A. Somers and l..
W. Rundlett were allowed $50 each for
services as a special bridge commission.
Under suspension of the rules an ordinance
was adopted authorizing the building in
spector to designate the following assis-
tauts: Clerk, $1,000; architect, $780,;
hi,,ir
at 81 200 each. The city officers were au-
thorized to issue certificates of indebtedness
for $40, 600 under the new law.
The clerk was instructed to give notice
in the newspapers of the new sprinkling
law and that the city would not recognize
private contracts Oh streets ordered
Sprinkled.
IN HONOR OF THE MAYOR.
An ordinance was adopted changing the
names Of Mohawk avenue, File street,
Forbes street and Oak street, all to- form
Smith avenue, and changing the name of
Smith street to Forbes street. phe new
bridge will therefore connect the two parts
OF Smith avenue. An ordinance passed
fixing the license OF intelligence offices for
males and females at $3.50, for female only
$50, and for railroad ticket brokers $3.50.
An ordinance was adopted regulating the
places and manner in which hacks may
stand on the Streets the places where they
are not allowed being on the north side of
Third street. between jackson and Sibley,
east side of Jackson, between Third and
Fourth; north side of Sixth. between Jack
son and Robert, and or the east side of
Robert, between Sixth and Seventh. Only
three hacks may stand in block and then
they must be fifty feet apart. The chair
appointed Aid. Cullen chairman of the
committee on ways and means. and Aid
Ryan a member of the same committee.
The following plats were approved:
Little Hoyt's addition, Paul Martins re-
arrangement of block IA, West ST. Paul
Proper; Rattermann's addition, Minnehaha
street subdivision, Sheldon Grove addition,
haywood addition, Slayton's First
addition, Stinson's First Addition, Stin-
son Hamline Avenue addition, Topping
subdivision of block l, Merriam Park; Long &
Sherwood's subdivision of BLOCK 9, Dawson
acre lots; Stnsons Francis street addition.